The two firefighters in the truck and the driver of the dump truck were taken to the hospital, but their injuries are believed to be non-life-threatening. Union Township Fire Chief Stan Deimling believes seat belts may have saved the firefighters' lives.

“If you look at the front of the truck, the windshields are actually exploded out the front . When they went over the embankment, if they weren't wearing seat belts, they would have been ejected from the vehicle and been severely injured or worse,” Deimling said.

The truck however may be a total loss. Insurance will likely pay to repair or replace the truck from station 52. A reserve truck is already in place at that station.

“That vehicle will be replaced one way or the other, it just remains to be seen how that will occur or when that will occur," Deimling said.

There were more than 20 vehicles in the Union Township fleet.

Clough Pike was closed for more than three hours as the crash was investigated and cleaned up.